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44-426: The Latrobe Valley FNC was created in 1960 to encourage the enjoyment of nature and to help preserve the region's flora, fauna and natural habitat. Its motto is "to protect and enjoy". The club supports a wide range of conservation and environmental projects throughout the region, including monitoring threatened species and conducting plant and animal surveys in areas of high conservation value. The current emblem of

88-517: A deity , a tribe or nation , or a virtue or vice . An emblem may be worn or otherwise used as an identifying badge or patch . For example, in America, police officers' badges refer to their personal metal emblem whereas their woven emblems on uniforms identify members of a particular unit. A real or metal cockle shell, the emblem of James the Great , sewn onto the hat or clothes, identified

132-475: A Flora and Fauna Reserve, which had much less conservation protection as a national park. Club members, including Lyndon, came together to protect the park's conservation status, eventually assisting in the purchase of nearby land to ensure the land size was sustainable as a national park. In 1986 the Friends of Morwell National Park, including many members of the club, was established. The long-term conservation of

176-639: A Premier from the Socialist Left, dubbing her "Mother Russia". She was lampooned alternatively as a sinister commissar and as a frumpy housewife in a polka-dot dress. She seemed unfazed by the Herald Sun and gradually won some respect, though she was unable to improve the government's standing significantly. During 1991 and 1992 Kirner took several decisions to cut government spending and raise revenue to some extent, however her government failed to cut spending in many areas including education. Most of

220-661: A leading role in the Landcare movement. Subsequently, she devoted her energies to the Australian affiliate of EMILY's List Australia , an organisation which promotes pro-choice women's careers in politics. Kirner was one of the leaders of the movement in the Labor Party to adopt a policy of setting targets for the number of women candidates in winnable electorates. She repeatedly publicly supported candidates identified with her Socialist Left faction. From January 2006, Kirner

264-682: A medieval pilgrim to his shrine at Santiago de Compostela . In the Middle Ages, many saints were given emblems, which served to identify them in paintings and other images: St. Catherine of Alexandria had a wheel, or a sword, St. Anthony the Abbot , a pig and a small bell. These are also called attributes , especially when shown carried by or close to the saint in art . Monarchs and other grand persons increasingly adopted personal devices or emblems that were distinct from their family heraldry . The most famous include Louis XIV of France 's sun,

308-431: A musical skit performing Joan Jett 's " I Love Rock 'n' Roll ". This brief performance was covered nationally by the media. In an August 2009 interview with GTV-9 , Kirner revealed that she had suffered a heavy near-fatal fall at a meeting 18 months earlier. She also revealed that she had osteoporosis and was blind in one eye. In August 2013, it was announced that Kirner had been diagnosed with esophageal cancer and

352-409: A non-verbal way, it should not be confused with emblems. Sign language contains linguistic properties, similar to those used in verbal languages, and is used to communicate entire conversations. Linguistic properties are verbs, nouns, pronouns, adverbs, adjectives, etc.. In contrast with sign language, emblems are a non-linguistic form of communication. Emblems are single gestures which are meant to get

396-429: A religious image), that has become standardized by convention. A logo is an impersonal, secular icon, usually of a corporate entity . Since the 15th century, the terms of emblem ( emblema ; from Greek : ἔμβλημα , meaning "embossed ornament") and emblematura belong to the termini technici of architecture . They mean an iconic painted, drawn, or sculptural representation of a concept affixed to houses and belong—like

440-520: A short non-verbal message to another individual. Emblems are associated with the culture they are established in and are subjective to that culture. For example, the sign made by forming a circle with the thumb and forefinger is used in America to communicate "OK" in a non-verbal way, in Japan to mean "money", and in some southern European countries to mean something sexual. Furthermore, the thumbs up sign in America means "good job ", but in some parts of

484-474: A short period before resigning. She retired from Parliament in 1994 and was succeeded by one of her former aides for the electorate of Williamstown, future premier Steve Bracks . A portrait of Kirner painted by Adelaide artist Annette Bezor in 1994 hangs in Queen's Hall at Parliament House Victoria. After leaving Parliament, Kirner remained active in community affairs and politics. Initially this led her to

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528-612: Is a member of the South East Australian Naturalists Association and has previously hosted several of the association's biannual naturalist club camps. The Latrobe Valley FNC works closely with other field naturalist clubs in the region, hosting camps, excursions and guest lectures for the Castlemaine Field Naturalists Club , Field Naturalists' Club of Ballarat and Peninsula Field Naturalists' Club . The club

572-823: Is also a member of the Australian Naturalists' Network. The Latrobe Valley FNC has continued to contribute to the Australian Natural History Medallion Trust Fund. The Latrobe Valley FNC was formed in February 1960 at a public meeting in Morwell sponsored by the Morwell and District Horticultural Society. The concept of a regional field naturalist club in the Latrobe Valley was proposed by members of

616-858: The Field Naturalists Club of Victoria (FNCV) who has visited the 1959 Morwell Horticultural Show. FNCV members assisted in the club formation and have continued to support and work closely with the Latrobe Valley FNC since then. Originally called the Gippsland Field Naturalists Club, the name was changed to the Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists Club in early 1961. Notable founding members of the Latrobe Valley FNC include botanist and Australian Natural History Medallion recipient Jean Galbraith , Don Lyndon and Medal of

660-650: The Parliament of Victoria from 1982 to 1994, she was a member of the Legislative Council before later winning a seat in the Legislative Assembly . Kirner was a minister and briefly deputy premier in the government of John Cain Jr. , and succeeded him as premier following his resignation. She was Australia's third female head of government and second female premier, Victoria's first, and held

704-587: The Victorian Certificate of Education . Later in 1988 Kirner was elected deputy leader of the party and became Deputy Premier of Victoria . When Cain resigned after a collapse in his political support in August 1990, Kirner was elected Labor leader and thus became Victoria's first female Premier . By this time the Labor government was in deep crisis, with some of the state's financial institutions on

748-464: The salamander of Francis I of France , the boar of Richard III of England and the armillary sphere of Manuel I of Portugal . In the fifteenth and sixteenth century, there was a fashion, started in Italy, for making large medals with a portrait head on the obverse and the emblem on the reverse; these would be given to friends and as diplomatic gifts . Pisanello produced many of

792-644: The General Manager of the Victorian Department of Conservation, Forests and Lands, complementing the quality and significance of the magazine. The club's publications have also received compliments from the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria for the "information and detailed introduction to the history and geology of the Latrobe Region". The club and its members have published a number of books, nature guides and leaflets, discussing

836-702: The Kirner Government attempts to cut spending were actively opposed by trade unions and some members of the government. The interest bill alone was $ 3.5 billion per year, the government sold off trains and trams and leased them back. Another decision was the sale of the state-owned State Bank of Victoria to the Commonwealth Bank in 1991. Kirner went into 1992 knowing she faced a statutory general election, one which opinion polls gave her virtually no chance of winning. She waited as long as she could, finally calling an election for October . It

880-411: The Latrobe Valley FNC was designed by artist Beatrice Rowles and features the flying duck-orchid ( Caleana major ). The Australian grass tree ( Xanthorrhoea australis ) has also been used in the club's branding, including a 1965 car sticker that was sold at field naturalist camps across Australia. The Latrobe Valley FNC holds monthly meetings from January to November, usually on the fourth Friday of

924-611: The Liberals won the election it would institute the same policies that were implemented in New Zealand by the then Fourth National Government. New Zealand Prime Minister Jim Bolger responded in reference to the campaign, "You know, they say that the show’s never over until the fat lady sings. Well, I think it was her we heard warming up in the wings this week". The "fat lady" was in reference to Kirner being overweight. Bolger refused to apologise for this remark citing that he himself

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968-580: The Middle East the thumbs up sign means something highly offensive. Drysdall, Denis (2005). "Claude Mignault of Dijon: "Theoretical Writings on the Emblem: a Critical Edition, with apparatus and notes (1577)" . Retrieved 2009-05-29 . Joan Kirner Joan Elizabeth Kirner AC (née Hood ; 20 June 1938 – 1 June 2015) was an Australian politician who was the 42nd Premier of Victoria , serving from 1990 to 1992. A Labor Party member of

1012-642: The Morwell National Park, Lyndon's Clearing on the Fosters Gully Nature Trail was named in her honour. The Latrobe Valley FNC publishes a bimonthly magazine, the Latrobe Valley Naturalist , which has been published continuously since 1963. Issues include short articles, details of upcoming events, and reports of excursions, camps, meetings and presentations. In 1986 the club received official thanks from

1056-630: The National Parks Authority and Land Conservation Council to conserve Morwell National Park, which was a tree orchard in Yinnar South in the 1950s, due to the unique plant and animal life that lived in it, including the rare butterfly orchid ( Sarcochilus australis ), identified by club members Eulalie and Os Brewster. In 1982, a report by the Land Conservation Council recommended the park be reassessed as

1100-628: The Order of Australia recipient Ellen Lyndon , who received the award in recognition for her work with both the Latrobe Valley FNC and the FNCV. The club has worked throughout its history to establish and protect nature reserves in the region, including the Morwell National Park , which was established by a 1967 Act of Parliament, and Holey Plains State Park , which was declared in 1973. Club members Ellen Lyndon and Jim Peterson lobbied

1144-486: The brink of insolvency, the budget deficit unsustainably high and growing and the Labor Party deeply divided on how to respond to the situation. The party hoped that the elevation of a popular woman as its new leader would improve its position, but Kirner never succeeded in gaining control of the crisis into which the state had plunged. The conservative-leaning Melbourne newspaper, the Herald Sun , reacted unfavourably to

1188-605: The community through conservation initiatives, contributions to gender equality, the development of education and training programs and the pursuit of civil rights and social inclusion." In May 2017, the Victorian Government recognised her legacy by offering 25 scholarships to young women, who will participate in the Joan Kirner Young and Emerging Women Leaders program. In May 2019, the new specialist maternity and paediatric centre at Sunshine Hospital

1232-551: The culturally-informed viewer, a characteristic of the 16th-century artistic movement called Mannerism . A popular collection of emblems, which ran to many editions, was presented by Francis Quarles in 1635. Each of the emblems consisted of a paraphrase from a passage of Scripture, expressed in ornate and metaphorical language, followed by passages from the Christian Fathers, and concluding with an epigram of four lines. These were accompanied by an emblem that presented

1276-401: The earliest and finest of these. A symbol, on the other hand, substitutes one thing for another, in a more concrete fashion: A totem is specifically an animal emblem that expresses the spirit of a clan . Emblems in heraldry are known as charges . The lion passant serves as the emblem of England, the lion rampant as the emblem of Scotland . An icon consists of an image (originally

1320-547: The first emblem book , the Emblemata of the Italian jurist Andrea Alciato launched a fascination with emblems that lasted two centuries and touched most of the countries of western Europe. "Emblem" in this sense refers to a didactic or moralizing combination of picture and text intended to draw the reader into a self-reflective examination of their own life . Complicated associations of emblems could transmit information to

1364-680: The inscriptions—to the architectural ornaments (ornamenta). Since the publication of De re aedificatoria (1452) by Leon Battista Alberti (1404–1472), patterned after the De architectura by the Roman architect and engineer Vitruvius , emblema are related to Egyptian hieroglyphics and are considered as being the lost universal language. Therefore, the emblems belong to the Renaissance knowledge of antiquity which comprises not only Greek and Roman antiquity but also Egyptian antiquity as proven by

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1408-447: The month. Meetings usually include a guest speaker presenting on a natural history or conservation topic. Members and visitors are welcome to attend both the meetings and the monthly excursions, which are usually held the day after the monthly meetings. The club also organises spring and summer field camps and has two special interest groups, a Botany Group and a Bird Group, which hold their own meetings, field trips and surveys. The club

1452-492: The natural history and ecological of the region. These publications include: Emblem An emblem is an abstract or representational pictorial image that represents a concept , like a moral truth , or an allegory , or a person, like a monarch or saint . Although the words emblem and symbol are often used interchangeably, an emblem is a pattern that is used to represent an idea or an individual. An emblem develops in concrete, visual terms some abstraction:

1496-696: The numerous obelisks built in 16th and 17th century Rome. Evidence of the use of emblems in pre-Columbian America has also been found, such as those used in Mayan city states, kingdoms, and even empires such as the Aztec or Inca . The use of these in the American context does not differ much from the contexts of other regions of the world, being even the equivalent of the coats of arms of their respective territorial entities. The 1531 publication in Augsburg of

1540-529: The park of was secured in 1987, when the Minister for Conservation, Forests and Lands, Joan Kirner , visited the park in recognition of its significance and met with members of the Latrobe Valley FNC and Friends of Morwell. The club has continued to work with the Friends of Morwell and support conservation of the land, including seed planting initiatives and publishing nature guides of local species. In recognition of Ellen Lyndon's efforts to develop and conserve

1584-677: The position until her party was defeated in a landslide at the 1992 state election . Born Joan Elizabeth Hood in Essendon , Melbourne , the only child of John Keith and Beryl Edith (née Cole) Hood, a fitter and turner and music teacher , respectively, Kirner was educated at state and private schools. She graduated in arts from the University of Melbourne , and completed a teaching qualification. She taught in state schools and became active in school and parents' organisations. In 1960 she married Ron Kirner, with whom she had three children. She

1628-497: The symbols displayed in the accompanying passage. Emblems are certain gestures which have a specific meaning attached to them. These meanings are usually associated with the culture they are established in. Using emblems creates a way for humans to communicate with one another in a non-verbal way. An individual waving their hand at a friend, for example, would communicate "hello" without having to verbally say anything. Although sign language uses hand gestures to communicate words in

1672-667: The upper house of the Victorian Parliament . In 1985, she was elected to the Cabinet of John Cain Jr. 's Labor government and became Minister for Conservation, Forests and Lands. She proposed the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 , the first Australian legislation which gave legal protection of rare species. While Minister, and in association with Heather Mitchell from the Victorian Farmers' Federation , Kirner

1716-632: Was President of the Victorian Federation of States School Parents' Clubs, an influential education lobby from 1971 to 1977 and its executive officer from 1978 to 1982. She was appointed to several government advisory bodies on education. Kirner joined the Labor Party in 1978 and became a member of its Socialist Left faction. In 1982, she was elected as a Labor member of the Victorian Legislative Council ,

1760-471: Was instrumental in the formation of the first Landcare groups. At the 1988 election, Kirner shifted to the Legislative Assembly , becoming MP for Williamstown , and was promoted to the Education portfolio. In this portfolio Kirner carried out a series of controversial reforms aimed at reducing what Kirner saw as the class-based inequity of the education system, culminating in a new system of assessment,

1804-580: Was obvious as soon as the writs were dropped that Labor would not win a fourth term. Although she remained personally more popular than the Liberal Opposition Leader , Jeff Kennett , it was not nearly enough to overcome Victorians' growing anger at Labor. The Coalition's "Guilty Party" campaign did much to stoke this anger, targeting many Ministers in the Kirner Government and providing examples of concerns in their portfolios. The campaign attracted controversy with ALP ads stating that if

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1848-481: Was overweight and did not want to make "an international incident" out of it. It did, however, anger women from Bolger's own National Party . The Coalition won the election in a landslide, scoring a 19-seat swing—the second-worst defeat that a sitting government has ever suffered in Victoria. The Liberals actually won enough seats that they could have governed in their own right. Kirner remained Opposition Leader for

1892-713: Was the Chair of the Ministerial Advisory Committee for Victorian Communities. Kirner was also a board member of Museum Victoria , operators of Melbourne Museum , Royal Exhibition Building , Scienceworks Museum and Immigration Museum, Melbourne . Kirner was a long-time advocate of abortion law reform to legalise abortion. She was an avid supporter of the Essendon Football Club . In 1993, she famously appeared on The Late Show with colleague David White , MLC for Doutta Galla , in

1936-588: Was undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatment. Kirner died on 1 June 2015, 19 days short of her 77th birthday. On 26 January 1980, she was named a Member of the Order of Australia for her community service. On 1 January 2001, Kirner was awarded the Centenary Medal . On 11 June 2012, she was named a Companion of the Order of Australia for "eminent service to the Parliament of Victoria and to

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